'Red, White and Blue': Film Review | NYFF 2020

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John Boyega plays Leroy Logan, a real-life cop who challenged the entrenched racism of London’s Metropolitan Police Force from within, in 1980s-set drama 'Red, White and Blue' from Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' anthology for Amazon

on individual action. The subject is distinguished Metropolitan Police Force veteran Leroy Logan, played in a performance of smoldering gravitas, maturity and integrity by John Boyega.

The son of Jamaican immigrants, he began his professional life in forensic science before becoming motivated to join the force and challenge its racism from within. He did this despite bitter opposition from his father Kenneth , who was hospitalized after receiving a vicious beating by two cops and then slapped with false charges that were later overturned.

Leroy's running buddy from the local athletics track, Ed , is a cop who encourages him to join the force, which is campaigning for African-Caribbean recruits. He laughs off the suggestion at first, but in a visual motif that allows Boyega expressive latitude to show Leroy's evolving feelings toward law enforcement and his potential role in it, we see the cogs of his mind turning as he gazes at Ed's uniform on a hanger.

Leroy's close bond with Leee and his soul-brother taste in music serve as a cue for some choice vintage cuts heard on the soundtrack.

 

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More BS about living in the past.

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